Yeah I think he was complaining that he can’t watch TV anymore because GOD FORBID a man have to watch a show that appeals to women.

As I understand it, Victoria, as head of the Church of England and Defender of the Faith, was uniquely positioned to extol the use of “blessed chloroform” as an anesthetic during childbirth. This was a time when (overwhelmingly male) physicians wanted to limit the use of anesthetics during childbirth because in…

Everyone knows it’s Catherine de’ Medici’s show!

I don’t think he understands how “feminization” works.

I think “Mad Men” did an excellent job, teeth aside. I was hooked and read a lot about how obsessive Matthew Weiner and Janie Bryant were about getting even the smallest detail correct. The research that must have gone into that, and then the costuming and the props and the sets.

Sexism and misogyny are sooo weird. Like, a historical miniseries has some inaccuracies and it’s because women have no interest in history and we pretty much inherently ruin everything. Ok...

Yes, Reign is not pretending to be anything it's not.

I enjoy historical accuracy more than vastly embellished tales about historical figures that aren’t a part of the plotline but I’m thoroughly enjoying this series and found Wolf Hall incredibly boring even though I really wanted to like it. Poldark isn’t supposed to be historically accurate to my knowledge so I don’t…

Ugh same! Send me back to when men were men and people actually worked to cure their cholera and women were eaten by corpses.

Fellow historian here!

Reign is amazing. I love it when people flip their shit about the (AMAZING) costumes especially. Like, you do realize that they were just dancing to a Sam Smith song played on period instruments and this is a fantasy history show for teenagers, right?

I thought we were like 99% sure they went and lived with the Indians, who had food and shelter and whatnot? I remember reading that the next group to show up found a number of blue-eyed natives, a sign pointing to the natives’ land, and a surprising number of English speakers.

I’m not in any way saying that people who harm others or put others in danger because of their actions shouldn’t be punished to the full extent of the law. I discharged many a patient straight to jail, and I never batted an eye about the fact that they were going to face consequences for whatever it was that they had…

The entire point of this stunt was the highlight the fact that the state has ZERO NON ZILCH resources to combat or treat addiction. Not even a clinic or a rehab center or any program anywhere in their county.

Except it kind of is. My BIL was a heroin addict. One day, very literally, he just said, “That’s it. I’m done.” And guess what? He was. He just opted to go through withdrawal (something that amazes me even now) and to the best of my knowledge, is clean today. Now, I think we can acknowledge the choice to use is not a…

It’s frustrating that popular culture insists that the disappearance of the Roanoke colony is some big mystery when it’s abundantly clear that they just joined the Croatan people and even left the name of the tribe carved onto a tree.

They did leave a note.

Info on how to helpmight have been good. But based on an interview with the police department on NPR, this was there way of asking for help. According to them, their community doesn’t have rehab centers, and there are no drug treatment programs in their jails. Basically, the police are being left to deal with social…

It is! I wrote a paper about it in college, and all my research pointed to the theory that they actually bonded with a nearby native American tribe and joined them when they ran out of food and started dying. There were accounts for years that people saw some native Americans in the area that had reddish hair and…

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